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ideabox - the right amount of everythinghttp://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)Blogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-3167819266858460024Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:29:00 +00002013-01-16T15:29:11.303-08:00New Year, New Stuff Coming from ideabox<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>New Year, New "Stuff"</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been awhile since my last blog post. It's not for the lack of wanting to write something, &nbsp;more to do with just being really busy. When last we wrote, we were sharing the ideabox "AKTIV" model which was on display at the Portland IKEA store at Cascade Station. Thousands of people visited the house over the six weeks we were there. Lots of old friends, made lots of new friends, it was a lot of fun.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since then we've been been working with clients on their custom designs, designing houses to work on their incredible sites, organizing construction projects, and placing homes in production.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've also been putting together the new 2013 lineup of ideabox models. We've been soft introducing them on our Facebook site, (ideabox modern living), and are excited by the response. So we'll bring them here too where we can spend a little more time talking about what contributed to the designs.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we'll be back! We have a new confluence, a new confluence "plus", and a larger confluence 3! Also new is the Northwest 560... a larger version of our iconic Northwest model, (we're already building them and we haven't released them yet)!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See you soon!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-year-new-stuff-coming-from-ideabox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-1324089735850546845Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:26:00 +00002012-07-31T11:26:20.029-07:00Going for the Gold!<h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>The Week magazine names the ideabox AKTIV the best property under 1,000 SF!</b>&nbsp;</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k58q3c8tatA/UBghdhIpkXI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/16IKqzEJdOY/s1600/bestproperties_theweek8.3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k58q3c8tatA/UBghdhIpkXI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/16IKqzEJdOY/s400/bestproperties_theweek8.3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were thrilled to be noticed by such a prominent periodical. Love their line<i> "All you need to know about everything that matters." </i>Not only was the AKTIV the #1 pick, the ideabox Northwest Modern was also mentioned, which given it's the original ideabox design and the first series we built, we're obviously very pleased.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the next week, you can see the ideabox AKTIV house on display at IKEA Portland at Cascade Station. It has been such a positive experience having the opportunity to introduce modern design and how we can turn a small footprint into big living. Thousands have walked through the house, most not believing how much space and volume could be realized. Seeing is believing!&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check it out! ideabox AKTIV.....&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the right amount of everything!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/07/going-for-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-3644574258097942621Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:49:00 +00002012-07-22T15:57:01.075-07:00Summer in the City<h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an ideabox event! We're calling it "Summer in the City!" &nbsp;</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yz40Xl3GncQ/UAtNCOOFTZI/AAAAAAAAAWA/IvlAXarcGf8/s1600/DSC_0297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yz40Xl3GncQ/UAtNCOOFTZI/AAAAAAAAAWA/IvlAXarcGf8/s320/DSC_0297.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all, it is summer. And for the first time, we have a home on display in Portland. You gotta come see! We're live with the ideabox&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ideabox.us/models/aktiv/">AKTIV</a> model on display at Cascade Station right next door to IKEA Portland. The display is simply amazing! Fully furnished, power from the sun, and swedish meatballs right next door. What more could you ask for?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're excited. We rarely have a house available like this for display (everything we do are design/build custom houses). So it is very cool to be able to have the house in Portland, and at such a great location like Cascade Station. Even cooler is being next door to our collaborative partner with the AKTIV design, IKEA Portland. Really terrific to for people to see a real house with IKEA products, installed. For our customers, they can go right next door and spec out the kitchen of their dreams. Even more terrific for us is the opportunity to introduce just how functional carefully thought out modern design can be.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnXF0JJq7jY/UAtNJmGer7I/AAAAAAAAAWI/LN60uroc7eE/s1600/DSC_0316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnXF0JJq7jY/UAtNJmGer7I/AAAAAAAAAWI/LN60uroc7eE/s320/DSC_0316.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our "Summer in the City" display takes a lot of work to make happen. For starters, we needed power, so we went solar. Panels were provided by <i><b>Solar World (made nearby in Hillsboro) and designed by Cliff Schrock</b></i>. Once powered, the space needs to be conditioned, so installed is an incredibly efficient Fujitsu ductless heat pump from <b><i><a href="http://www.theheatpumpstore.com/">The Heat Pump Store</a> </i></b>from nearby Independence. All the furniture, as you might expect, came from <b><i><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/store/portland/storeInfo">IKEA Portland</a></i></b>, and it's really comfortable.... (I'm writing from the couch now!)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The exterior features a clever deck built from timbers, pavers, and rusting metal planter boxes from <b><i><a href="http://www.oolandscape.com/">Oregon Outdoor Landscape</a></i></b>. It's small, (given our temporary location), but you get a real sense of what can be done with clever landscaping. All of our houses are designed to extend the indoor living space to the outdoor space. We've been fortunate to work with talented landscape designers and contractors who pick up the architecture of the house.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't be here without an access ramp. We turned to <a href="http://www.amramp.com/"><b><i>AMRAMP</i></b></a> of Portland, who not only provided a ramp for easy access, the ramp they brought is a work of industrial art. We love it.... Clever engineering, infinitely adjustable, we kind of want to ask them if they could make us a deck product, it's that cool. So many people have commented about how intriguing the ramp is constructed it's got us thinking.... what if we had a deck like this?!?&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SpDB_r3c8vw/UAtNQZwP6aI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/-9r_v99YOqw/s1600/DSC_0317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SpDB_r3c8vw/UAtNQZwP6aI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/-9r_v99YOqw/s320/DSC_0317.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're calling it our "Summer in the City" event. We're here through August 6th at <a href="http://www.shopcascadestation.com/shop.html"><b><i>Cascade Station</i></b>.</a> It's been amazing so far. Come see just how amazing modern prefab houses can be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-18si8_gbnBE/UAxZ80pm-UI/AAAAAAAAAWg/zMdOcx-QmDg/s1600/DSC_0305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-18si8_gbnBE/UAxZ80pm-UI/AAAAAAAAAWg/zMdOcx-QmDg/s320/DSC_0305.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-in-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-6838241478510719175Fri, 25 May 2012 21:03:00 +00002012-05-25T14:03:06.864-07:00Been Awhile!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much has happened since our last blog post, I'm not really sure where to begin. There is so much to tell, so much we've learned, and very fun new things to come. Guess I'll start where we left off.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was February. It was raining. And I think cold. We were talking about the new "drift" series of floating homes - cool little houses incorporated on log or concrete floats in sizes ranging from 400 SF up to 1400 SF in size - a combination of the speed and precision of systems building with the craftsmanship and skill of Portland's leading floating home builder, Marc Even.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few days before that we introduced the new "minibox by ideabox" - a series of micro houses, tiny houses, little guys that offer all the modern design, fit, and finish of ideabox in a tiny, easily moveable footprint. We are building them to the RV code, and starting at 8' wide, one can transport them with a pick up truck. We will be writing more about these, as the applications for the "minibox" are clever, diverse, and a lot of fun.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps the most newsworthy event since our last blog post was the introduction of the new AKTIV design, our collaboration with IKEA Portland. What we learned was the true power of brand, the incredible distribution mechanism of information through social media, and just how popular what we are doing here at ideabox is with people all around the world.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-82nFd5ehae8/T7_s29ssCpI/AAAAAAAAAVs/bTHKPLZHL2k/s1600/ellen_aktiv2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-82nFd5ehae8/T7_s29ssCpI/AAAAAAAAAVs/bTHKPLZHL2k/s320/ellen_aktiv2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>a SCREEN GRAB of a&nbsp;perfect example of just how far social media can go!</i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those who follow us, I won't go into the absolutely sensational case of misinformation disguised as news that occurred after we introduced the new AKTIV house at the Spring Portland Home &amp; Garden Show. I will say we were so genuinely pleased with how well the AKTIV concept house was received at the show. The design is very clean, the IKEA stuff is very cool, and the layout incredibly functional. The subsequent misreporting that ran rampant is well documented now, but must admit it's kind of fun to have something we worked on appear on the Today Show, the Tonight Show, the cable news shows, and perhaps the capper, on the Ellen Show! (Thanks to KGW 8, Sustainable Business Oregon, Chicago Tribune, the Statesman Journal, Yahoo, and many others who helped us get the right story out!)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is so much more to talk about - and we will - as there is a brand new version "northwest modern" house we're about to release, new clever versions of the "minibox series", and a whole lineup of "accessory dwelling units" we want to talk about. The AKTIV house is going on display in June &amp; July and we definitely want talk about that. We're introducing new window options featuring colored frames and the latest in glazing technology. And there's a fun event that is in the works for August.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading. And thanks for following ideabox. What a great summer we're all going to have!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/05/been-awhile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-4855511275536953519Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:38:00 +00002012-02-03T11:38:24.041-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #45818e;">Introducing new "drift" line of floating homes... </b>ideabox on the water!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8zIPdmhRN6g/Tyw1O5Lae4I/AAAAAAAAAVU/RHAAB7r7Lio/s1600/4tenders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="106" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8zIPdmhRN6g/Tyw1O5Lae4I/AAAAAAAAAVU/RHAAB7r7Lio/s400/4tenders.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the coolest living experiences ever has to be on a floating home. I gotta admit, I'm new to the whole floating home thing, but in doing my research as we put together the new <b>"drift" </b>design package, I learned very quickly it is truly a unique and exciting way to live. There is something special to being literally right on the water. From the soothing relationship of the water and nature to the active lifestyle of boating and water sports, the whole thing is captivating. Floating home living is clever and active making every day unique and special.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"drift"</b>&nbsp;is a unique partnership of proven skill sets. We teamed up with <b>Marc Even Construction</b>, the pre-eminate floating home builder in Portland, and <b>Mike Foote</b>, an experienced residential project developer to offer the best of all worlds - the clean modern lines and speed of production of ideabox prefab homes with the impeccable craftsmanship of building the float, decks, and all the cool floating home stuff. Each project will be professionally managed, from design thru production. It's an incredible team offering an incredible product.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're excited! <b>"drift" </b>truly offers cost effective floating home modern dwellings. Our clients can design a house today, and enjoy living on the water in a matter of months!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"drift tenders"</b>&nbsp;is the first offering from this dynamic team. The new "tender" series are small, accessory style dwellings, that offer complete modern living in a tidy package. The new mini-floating homes feature everything ideabox, cleverly wrapped up and ready for cost effective quick delivery.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll be releasing new models shortly, and they all follow the ideabox design premise of indoor / outdoor modern lifestyle solutions, bringing modern prefab design to floating homes.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information on "drift" - contact Mike Foote at 503.290.1199 or email drift@ideabox.us</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/02/introducing-new-drift-line-of-floating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-6182055850495167150Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:00 +00002012-02-01T14:49:29.987-08:00introducing minibox... by ideabox!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7pEgjAICVj4/Tym-iD-JmiI/AAAAAAAAAVM/ND4rS25LDfk/s1600/minibox_lineup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7pEgjAICVj4/Tym-iD-JmiI/AAAAAAAAAVM/ND4rS25LDfk/s400/minibox_lineup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Totally fun! Totally easy! Totally ideabox! Introducing the new <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">"minibox"</span></b> by ideabox. Coming in at a robust 200 SF in size, this is a micro-house that is all about mini living in style! Easy to move, the 8' wide tiny house can be moved with a large truck! Easy to place, all you need is a flat (preferably stable) spot, an RV plug and service connection, and you're all about the living! And at 200 SF, it's truly personal property (rarely requiring a permit).</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>minibox</b></span> is only small in footprint. Everything else is big on personality. The ceiling soars above your head, and with all the glass and natural light it will be like your head is literally in the clouds.... (well, on a cloudy day, if we're being literal). Seriously, there is a lot of glass letting in as much of the outside in as possible and extending the inside out!&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like everything ideabox, the <b style="color: #b45f06;">minibox</b>&nbsp;is all about living. And if your lifestyle has anything to do with eating, you're set with the mini-designer kitchen that simply rocks... complete with a 9 CF refrigerator/freezer, gas or induction cooktop, convection oven and even a dishwasher. Even t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he bathroom is, well, a full sized... (not one of those sort-of sized ones found in dwellings this size). A real shower (or tub/shower), a real dual flush toilet, and a very real vanity with sink and storage.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through a new product relationship with IKEA, (see the new <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">aktiv</span></b>&nbsp;line from ideabox to be featured here soon...), <b style="color: #b45f06;">minibox </b>features IKEA kitchen &amp; bath cabinets, cooking, and a Tundra floor, in short, a totally modern lifestyle wrapped up in a compact package.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outside, the mini wonder features stained cedar and galvalume siding, standing seam metal roofs, and ENERGY STAR windows. Radiant zonal provides the heating, with an optional ductless heat pump for year round comfort. Water heating is tankless.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">minibox</span></b> is available now!&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information on the new <b style="color: #b45f06;">minibox</b>, visit www.ideabox.us - or - contact Taylor Russell, Studio Proprietor via email... taylor@ideabox.us</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/02/introducing-minibox-by-ideabox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-8152487210223904545Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:31:00 +00002012-01-09T21:31:05.503-08:00Your Home as an Art Piece<br /><div class="MsoNormal">Have you purchased a piece of art and found it is a topic of conversation? We think of ideaboxes as large art pieces.&nbsp; </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Each element of the home is thoughtful and personalized to meet the character of the owner.&nbsp; Each ideabox is a symbol of the owner’s design style, as well as, life style.&nbsp; Their ideabox tells a bigger story than just the home they live in. It shows what they stand for. Maybe it is to “live off of the grid”, to live with less (space and clutter), or to simply be an “out of the box” thinker and doer. Whatever the style, our clients have found that the story is best told from an ideabox.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">People are becoming aware of the varying applications available in prefab modern living.&nbsp; They&nbsp;are going beyond the interest of living out of the box, and defining their own market for modern prefab homes. Each owner’s<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a> reason for choosing an ideabox will be different, but the pride will remain the same. Their story is a part of the home.</div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/01/your-home-as-art-piece.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-7783839680967144010Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +00002012-01-02T08:33:05.908-08:00Willamette Valley Cheese Co.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UeKGRF0bTJA/TwHYQMrRNMI/AAAAAAAAAUI/AmIPLYH_qVo/s1600/cheese2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UeKGRF0bTJA/TwHYQMrRNMI/AAAAAAAAAUI/AmIPLYH_qVo/s320/cheese2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the outside of the tasting room</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I recently toured the Willamette Valley Cheese Company in West Salem and I had a great experience! I had only heard great things about their company, and found all of it was true. When we arrived Marita greeted us in the tasting room with a friendly smile and obvious passion for what she does.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Not knowing much about cheese we did not know where to start. She took our group through the most popular cheeses and explained how each one differed. We felt welcomed and that our business was appreciated. We got to take our time tasting with no pressure of time (did I mention that they were free tastings). Seeing the operation of their working farm reminded me of what “local” truly means.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">Rob Volbeda of&nbsp; Volbeda Farms owns and operates the <a href="http://www.wvcheeseco.com/">Willamette Cheese Company</a>. With award winning cheese, </span><span style="color: #222222;">emphasis is placed on quality during every step of the process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Quality every step:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Certified organic pastures and production facilities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Raw or Pasteurized Jersey Milk&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">No Herbicides, Pesticides or Commercial Fertilizers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">No Product Additives, Preservatives or Hormones</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">All-Natural &amp; Hand-Crafted Cheese</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">s</span></li></ul><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rob graduated with a Food Science degree from Oregon State University, then apprenticed with three different cheese masters in Holland to learn the art and science of cheese making. Beyond amazing cheese Rob has built a genuine brand. Willamette Valley Cheese Company does not have customers they have fans. The cheese was the best I have ever had, but the people made it even more memorable. I would definitely suggest it for a nice afternoon activity… and remember, show up hungry!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mB7wUK2x7WA/TwHbnTR5X9I/AAAAAAAAAU4/MWS0uDHwVdM/s1600/180030_183742678331287_146925235346365_366740_2494292_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mB7wUK2x7WA/TwHbnTR5X9I/AAAAAAAAAU4/MWS0uDHwVdM/s320/180030_183742678331287_146925235346365_366740_2494292_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WVCC famous Jersey Cows<br />photo taken from: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willamette-Valley-Cheese-Company/146925235346365">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willamette-Valley-Cheese-Company/146925235346365&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADnjKEPoChc/TwHYaMqnW0I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/CQjHBU4Bmfs/s1600/CoMa_20111204-8268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADnjKEPoChc/TwHYaMqnW0I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/CQjHBU4Bmfs/s320/CoMa_20111204-8268.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inside of the tasting room, decorated for Christmas</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ALKN3OH5TY/TwHYeEPxNCI/AAAAAAAAAUY/wtcG-ff1VXk/s1600/CoMa_20111204-8267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ALKN3OH5TY/TwHYeEPxNCI/AAAAAAAAAUY/wtcG-ff1VXk/s320/CoMa_20111204-8267.jpg" width="212" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the offerings of their cheese&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lLNTCxWIuHU/TwHZZheOEHI/AAAAAAAAAUs/ZxZh7VBJYr0/s1600/CoMa_20111204-8281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lLNTCxWIuHU/TwHZZheOEHI/AAAAAAAAAUs/ZxZh7VBJYr0/s320/CoMa_20111204-8281.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was some cheese that was in the back not packaged yet</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2012/01/willamette-valley-cheese-co.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-3298130310295980898Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:23:00 +00002011-12-26T09:23:36.672-08:002012 Here We Come<br /><div class="MsoNormal">The Hustle and bustle of Christmas is finally finished. With one last push toward the New Year, we are off to 2012. I hope this year has been full of laughter, learning, productivity, and enriched relationships, since that is where “gifts” really come from. Time moves fast, so take a moment to recognize how far you have made it this year and where you are going next. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and let us all have a happy New Year!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It is amazing what we can accomplish! I hope you enjoy this video...</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/EEu42L0ufBY?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2011/12/2012-here-we-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-511154619146121339Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-18T20:29:37.246-08:00The First Vertical Forest<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In Milan trendsetting not only applies to fashion, but architecture.&nbsp;</span>Stefano Boeri the Milan-based architect, created&nbsp;“Bosco Verticale” the world’s first vertical forest. This modern 27 story high apartment building has the beautiful view of Milan with the serenity of a forest. Each balcony has its own mini ecosystem with planted trees and vegetation absorbing CO2, dust, and pollution in exchange for oxygen. The outside oasis will change with the seasons, allowing shade to be provided in the summer, and letting&nbsp;sunshine show through the bare trees&nbsp;in the winter.&nbsp; The building will have a plant irrigation system which will be supported&nbsp;through&nbsp;the filtering and reuse of the grey water&nbsp;produced<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #fbfbfb; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 115%;"> by the building.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #fbfbfb; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Two buildings are underway (one 365-foot, the other 260-foot).&nbsp; These two towers will have 730 trees, 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 ground plants, totaling about one acre of forest. This project is expected to be completed in 2012 and will be the home of human inhabitants, as well as insects and birds.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;The “Living Architecture” movement has made progress in recent years, in response to urban sprawl and the disconnect between people and nature. The collaboration between architects, engineers and botanist possess the key to bringing nature back into the concrete jungle. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Integrating outside space into everyday life is essential for healthy living and critical for the “going green” campaigns.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 18px;">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Stefano Boeri</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">&nbsp;is putting action behind voice.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We at ideabox are excited to see how practical and functional these spaces are when lived in. &nbsp;If successful, I imagine a new generation of city high rises will be on the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iBTclPBHfSs/Ttzd7ZwZlpI/AAAAAAAAATA/O4ydDbL_oPM/s1600/bosco-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iBTclPBHfSs/Ttzd7ZwZlpI/AAAAAAAAATA/O4ydDbL_oPM/s320/bosco-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BgLSJHHWgBg/Ttzd9J8OnjI/AAAAAAAAATI/bnV7q3mGyHQ/s1600/bosco-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BgLSJHHWgBg/Ttzd9J8OnjI/AAAAAAAAATI/bnV7q3mGyHQ/s320/bosco-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xTez-I1MG-g/Ttzd-HI20oI/AAAAAAAAATQ/LrRJus6wNTU/s1600/bosco-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xTez-I1MG-g/Ttzd-HI20oI/AAAAAAAAATQ/LrRJus6wNTU/s320/bosco-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_rRA3tbgTnc/Ttzd--GyFFI/AAAAAAAAATY/ES7dnLhpFUU/s1600/Vertical-forest-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_rRA3tbgTnc/Ttzd--GyFFI/AAAAAAAAATY/ES7dnLhpFUU/s320/Vertical-forest-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mVhtrChq1UY/Ttzd_96VorI/AAAAAAAAATg/QTfRGGJ7pDE/s1600/Vertical-forest-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mVhtrChq1UY/Ttzd_96VorI/AAAAAAAAATg/QTfRGGJ7pDE/s320/Vertical-forest-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Read more:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054135/Green-apartments-vertical-forests-sky-called-Bosco-Verticale.html#ixzz1d1ok8YPo" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054135/Green-apartments-vertical-forests-sky-called-Bosco-Verticale.html#ixzz1d1ok8YPo</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Read more:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">http://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Read more:&nbsp;<a href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=vertical+forest" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=vertical+forest</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #003399; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-vertical-forest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-1612797869085688967Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-05T06:00:16.381-08:00Living In Tin Can<br /><div class="MsoNormal">There is something enchanting about nontraditional homes. I found a picture of a home made from an old grain silo and loved the idea! People have some amazing stories of how they have turned abandoned metal silos into homes, guest apartments, green houses, vacation rentals, and offices. Whatever the use, be assured it is creative and unique.&nbsp; You would now have a canned answer for the typical icebreaker, “tell us something interesting about yourself”… &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">People’s interest in nontraditional homes often correlate with desire to focus on eco-friendly construction, so naturally, a grain silo home is “sustainable”. Used silos can be found for reasonable prices, and can be recycled when finished with them. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://dornob.com/grain-silos-converted-into-contemporary-rural-home/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCMjaFICwaU/TtwdyKgTOlI/AAAAAAAAASw/wLWiyPq_C34/s200/recycled-silo-house-design.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Constructing a grain silo home is relatively fast and simple. Since the structure already exists, all that is needed is a foundation.&nbsp;Special attention does need to be paid to the designing of windows, doors, and cabinets because of the round structure. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Low maintenance is also a benefit of grain silo homes. Many owners choose not to paint because they like the natural color of the silo. Made from steel, the silos hold up well to the environment. &nbsp;The round structure allows for less surface area exposure to the elements compared to traditional rectangular styles. Less exposure means less volatility from weather and improves the overall durability and energy efficiency of the home.&nbsp;The greatest benefit of all is the mystique. Living in a silo home is taking the road less traveled in a big way.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Below are some examples of how people who have&nbsp;re-purposed&nbsp;grain silos.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZbJU9yg2FM/TtwcWvyEvTI/AAAAAAAAAR4/lkSv65EeTDQ/s1600/Ehmke-outside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZbJU9yg2FM/TtwcWvyEvTI/AAAAAAAAAR4/lkSv65EeTDQ/s320/Ehmke-outside.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/></v:shapetype><v:shape id="Text_x0020_Box_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t202" 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href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/Hands-On-How-To/Grain-Bin-Building.aspx#ixzz1ev2sJgEq" style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-auto;">&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Louise and Vance Ehmke</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;who created an office/apartment on their farm in western Kansas</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JeSXYA6COjY/TtwcfFimArI/AAAAAAAAASQ/SYHa_uWul80/s1600/hotel+silo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JeSXYA6COjY/TtwcfFimArI/AAAAAAAAASQ/SYHa_uWul80/s400/hotel+silo.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.gruenehomesteadinn.com/silo2009.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">GrueneHomestead Inn</span></a>, in New Braunfels Texas offers night accommodations in this converted silo home.&nbsp; These pictures show just how comfy you can make it!&nbsp;</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhEcdWDi-Wk/TtwgAzgivjI/AAAAAAAAAS4/IdWpBx3ri5A/s1600/silo+for+storage.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhEcdWDi-Wk/TtwgAzgivjI/AAAAAAAAAS4/IdWpBx3ri5A/s320/silo+for+storage.gif" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This grain silo was actually converted into a storage area for&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.agweb.com/article/$100_Ideas_203214/" style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">animal feed</span>&nbsp;</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and a great example of the use for general storage as well.</span>&nbsp;</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><br />http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2011/12/living-in-tin-can.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-9119814339771377787Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:23:00 +00002011-09-22T16:23:31.741-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ox8TKV03rX4/TnoQLr5MR2I/AAAAAAAAARk/INlI9UJAQVs/s1600/streetscene3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ox8TKV03rX4/TnoQLr5MR2I/AAAAAAAAARk/INlI9UJAQVs/s400/streetscene3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ideabox@camelot! A big time small living in Eugene, OR!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To us, every house we do is a part of the site it will occupy. &nbsp;We've always been about creating solutions that contribute to the entire living environment, so when the opportunity to create a "cluster development" became available, we were very excited.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were presented with a small build-able lot by a client interested in a design scheme that offered reasonable density of dwellings for people interested in living "smaller." The end use customer would be 55 &amp; over, and because the lot is adjacent to their existing manufactured home community, they wanted the new addition to become a "cooler, hipper, extension of the existing community." Being a big fan on the manufactured home park model of living, (and having lived in a really old park while attending the University of Oregon), we were very excited to get started.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The resulting site plan ended up with 5 tidy building lots and a menu of ideabox houses ranging from 600SF 1BR/1BA to 800 SF 2BR/2BA in size. Each house is arranged on a pseudo zero-lot line placement backing up the driveways and carports taking full advantage of city required parking and creating outdoor living rooms for the houses. Instead of pouring concrete slabs for driveways, each site has oversized concrete "pavers" that allow for grass to grow, cars to park, and barbecues to be had!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Energy and resource efficiency are key features of this mini-project! Small footprint houses is a great start, with each being certified to NW ENERGY STAR Home and eco-rated engineered green home standards. All the appliances and lighting are ENERGY STAR, and we're featuring mini-split ductless heat pumps for extremely efficient heating and cooling. Each site contains all its own ground water, collecting water from roofs and filtering it back through the ground. Even the street is pervious pavement!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The houses are from ideabox, so they are cool. U</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ltimate in easy living, each modern cottage is more like mini-modern-lofts. Large open living spaces, clever kitchens offering culinary elegance, and creative integration of outdoor "rooms," each house lives well beyond their walls. With the typical ideabox palate of materials and finishes, it's a mini-community of modern efficient living!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfectly located in Eugene, Oregon, the site is near practically everything. (I grew up not far from the site, and trust me, it's a great location in a dynamic city).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information on the project, visit the following:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.ideabox.us/cottages@camelot.html</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.camelotvillage.net</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let us know what you think!&nbsp;</span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2011/09/ideaboxcamelot-big-time-small-living-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-8998831880221613146Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:02:00 +00002011-06-30T19:02:20.528-07:00the biggest thing in small living<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fnV998KmZFI/Tg0iFaRxxDI/AAAAAAAAAP4/zyDBJ55KD5w/s1600/ibhb711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fnV998KmZFI/Tg0iFaRxxDI/AAAAAAAAAP4/zyDBJ55KD5w/s400/ibhb711.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">it's must reading for the summer!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you know, we've been very big on using little. Whether it's efficiently using energy, or materials, even square footage, we work hard to create clean, modern, and bright spaces. So when a magazine like House Beautiful calls, we get excited! It's terrific recognition, and kind of fun to casually flip to page 117 while in line at the grocery store! (And probably gasp just loud enough at the amazing house in the upper right corner that everyone hears - at least those in line!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's already been a busy summer at ideabox. New models are being worked through and soon to be released. The mini-neighborhood is in development with the street soon to be completed and infrastructure placed. We are fortunate to have a couple of nice houses in construction; as well as one just finished being sited; and another in a week or so. And some exciting new projects in development with creative solutions for terrific sites.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep checking in. And check out House Beautiful magazine! (Maybe while at the store, page 117, not that the other pages aren't cool or anything.... just sayin').</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope all are enjoying a great summer!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2011/06/biggest-thing-in-small-living.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-135152904736707331Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:30:00 +00002011-06-02T14:30:51.081-07:00Wow! What a Year it is!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay... So it's been a few months since our last entry. It's just that we've been busy! New projects, new houses, new capabilities.... I know, there's really no excuse.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We thought 2010 was amazing. We were so honored to be on the NW Natural Street of Dreams, which followed an incredible Portland Home &amp; Garden Show display. It was great to be recognized as one of the top twenty prefabs in the country. Not to mention the wonderful projects we were so fortunate to be a part of.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to believe 2011 is half over, seems like it just started. The studio at ideabox has been working on some exciting projects on incredible sites. Starting with a couple of new homes on Whidbey Island to wineries in Oregon &amp; Washington, this year is adding to the allure of the modern prefab. The range of solutions our clients and their sites are creating are as exceptional as they are diverse. Imagine modern ideabox houses in vineyards or on a Puget Sound shoreline, presenting views and lifestyles that are uniquely Pacific Northwest. Sites that are very special, and houses that minimize site impacts, live efficiently, and offer a truly cost effective designed solution that maximizes the lifestyle.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ideabox is expanding! We are building to IRC residential building codes (modular) throughout the west - AND - we are shipping to the Rocky Mountain states, including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, &nbsp;Arizona and Utah.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And new models. "Tinker " is new, fun, and surprisingly adaptable. Using materials from ranging from IKEA to Duravit, it's a house that is all about fun. Simple, straightforward, and a trip to be in and around, it's the new little wonder house from ideabox. We can even configure two together... it's your imagination, use it!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new "big" house is almost finished. Really. It's "big" for us, in many ways!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2011 is the year of "cubes". We're doing amazing things with cubes - arranging them in every direction. Our clients are creating cool courtyard houses, "L" configurations, and compact little/big houses. Houses with two and three cubes, all very modern and fun. We'll be posting some of these new configurations as the houses come together.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ground has broken on our first little mini-development. It will be accepting houses in late July/August. Designed for small footprint living, we've worked to create what is essentially detached mini-lofts, each with small outdoor space and carport. The project is located in the perfect city for modern efficient living! More on that very soon.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh... almost forgot..... we've been told we're going to be in another&nbsp;<i>national magazine</i>! Pretty cool, we think. More on that as we know when, which issue, and availability. It's our biggest magazine to date!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you are enjoying a terrific year. We are!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2011/06/wow-what-year-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-2957599801165140403Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:01:00 +00002010-12-30T17:01:07.890-08:00nice end to a great 2010What a terrific 2010! Beginning with the Portland H&amp;G Show and the NW Natural Street of Dreams, add some amazing projects working with terrific clients on incredible site, and now named as a top 20 fabulous green prefab on Jetson Green. Really looking forward to 2011, as we have some big things in store!<div><br /></div><div>Happy Holidays to All, and to All a Great Night!</div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/12/nice-end-to-great-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-2185377602375684473Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:02:00 +00002010-12-22T12:02:38.266-08:00Merry Holiday's to All!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TRJVw-N0RaI/AAAAAAAAAPs/heqFqphLW_Q/s1600/xmas_idbx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="82" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TRJVw-N0RaI/AAAAAAAAAPs/heqFqphLW_Q/s400/xmas_idbx.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">From all of us at ideabox, wishing all a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Happy Christmas</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> &amp; a <b>Merry New Year</b>!&nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone who have visited us here at ideabox, the Portland H&amp;G Show, and at the Street of Dreams. And thanks to all of you who visit ideabox.us, call, who write us, it's great to hear from you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And special thanks to our clients and the amazing projects we are privileged to work on.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's to ending a wonderful 2010 &amp; looking forward to an amazing 2011!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Happy Holidays!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-holidays-to-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-7538197058480840495Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:09:00 +00002010-12-13T15:09:51.828-08:00It's the Season!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TQaVCPfBe-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/-kGuDZv6AeU/s1600/DSC_0097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TQaVCPfBe-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/-kGuDZv6AeU/s400/DSC_0097.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">The Wonderment of Place</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps the best reward of the ideabox "thing" are the sites our houses go, and the people we are so fortunate to work with. Each site is unique, and every project is about creating a new and special living environment. The simple elegance of the architecture and a confident palette of resource efficient materials allows the opportunity to basically custom design the ideal solution.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's so much fun!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This site is overlooks the Puget Sound and is truly spectacular. Nestled into the trees, the sunlight sparkles off the water and through the branches. What is amazing to me is the quiet, the silence is practically deafening. So close to modern civilization, yet completely away. It's this sense of place that inspires and motivates our efforts for small footprint, Northwest modern influence, ideabox houses.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope all are enjoying the best of the holiday season!&nbsp;</span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-6800426791900182085Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:12:00 +00002010-10-22T12:12:37.648-07:00Prefab at Your Price Point!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We're in <i>natural home</i> magazine!</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TMHSddEEy-I/AAAAAAAAAPg/rSyPf9sxWUk/s1600/nathome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TMHSddEEy-I/AAAAAAAAAPg/rSyPf9sxWUk/s400/nathome.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a nice trip to the mailbox the other day. First, it was a bright, sunny, perfectly fall day. So any excuse to go outside is a good thing. Then, included in all the mail was a couple copies of <b><i>natural home</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> magazine. Flipping through the magazine, caught a nice article about an Aspen prefab. To my surprise, on the face page was a picture of... the ideabox fortino! How cool is that? With the headline "Prefab at Your Pricepoint" it is terrific to see ideabox recognized! In a national magazine!&nbsp;</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">We work hard to continually evolve the entire ideabox portfolio of houses. At every opportunity we look to make our houses healthier, to use less energy, but always be an awesome living experience. Some of the houses currently in production are truly individual designs, expressing the design goals and lifestyles of the client. They are very cool, kind of hoping they too might grace the pages of national magazines like </span>natural home</b>!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope all are enjoying an incredible fall! The weather here is amazing!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/10/prefab-at-your-price-point.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-4161630654191682071Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:12:00 +00002010-09-24T17:12:09.221-07:00Okay, So it's Fall!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TJ01DF4J-aI/AAAAAAAAAPc/GLzOX9eqyls/s1600/IMG_1228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TJ01DF4J-aI/AAAAAAAAAPc/GLzOX9eqyls/s320/IMG_1228.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's the best time of year... well, it's supposed to be!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Finally, the sunshine is out in the Pacific Northwest. It's football season, the leaves are starting to think about changing color, temperatures are cooling (if not a bit tooo much this fall). I keep looking for those warm days and brisk evenings, kind of hoping we get some of that to make up for the summer we didn't quite get.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lot's going on this fall!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, last week I was fortunate to participate as a speaker at the Residential Design Forum and as a juror for Futureshack, both events presented by the AIA Seattle. It was an interesting discussion about housing. What will it be. How is it being done now, in an era of challenged financing (construction/development financing &amp; home buyer lending). Is home ownership the big thing it's supposed to be? Or will it become a service product - something to use and move on from - suggesting perhaps ownership isn't as important as livability and portability.... kind of paralleling new models of employment and stability. Is all this a discussion of now, as we approach the end of this challenged economic environment, and will we just return to "normalcy" later?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Futureshack was fun, and compelling, in its second year of existence. To me, any opportunity architects can have to have a public discourse with their community is a cool thing. The fact Futureshack focuses on housing, something everyone can relate to, is the perfect subject matter. AIA Seattle staff and their participating co-chairs did a terrific job organizing the competition and creating public discourse public.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the live public jury presentation at Seattle Center, we were positioned on a brightly lit elevated stage in front of seemingly hundreds of people. Me being gallant and polite, got stuck with this huge modern (very cool) winged chair thing that you sat back inside. Now, I'm not a big guy, so this big chair kind of consumed me, which while very cool for watching football, is not so cool for sitting in front of a bunch of a few hundred people on an elevated stage with bright lights! (Everybody else had practical chairs). It did give me an air of authority however, assuming anyone in the audience could actually see me. It was fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I came away thinking</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;housing will evolve more from the holdings of old to something more of a serviceable purpose... a kind of "make my life easier so I can go do stuff..." role. Size, we think, will diminish as we realize the enclosed space we actually use. And design hopefully will take a more prominent role as the concept of house becomes an identifier, kind of like cars, or computers, or the kinds of restaurants we eat at determine who and what we are. We think lives will become simpler, more focused on experiences than acquisition.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think? We, ideabox, just want our houses to be a part of a fun lifestyle. We want our houses to do their part by embracing small footprints, be responsible in use of materials, use very little energy, and be a total blast to live in... and around!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're reading this, and in Portland, we'll be at the Street of Dreams house from 10 till noon or so tomorrow. Come by and say Hi!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/09/okay-so-its-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-3578015004896163395Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:17:00 +00002010-09-17T12:17:05.961-07:00A Mini Street of ideabox Dreams!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TJO4xLMQRTI/AAAAAAAAAPU/XpjAKRzpmjI/s1600/DSC_0099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TJO4xLMQRTI/AAAAAAAAAPU/XpjAKRzpmjI/s400/DSC_0099.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a mini <b>"OPEN HOUSE"</b> of the ideabox Street of Dreams house this weekend. The fortino house is still on location at 95th &amp; Cornell, in NW Portland. We're thinking from 10AM till 4 PM. It's at the Arbor Vista development, who are very cool in allowing us to keep the house there for a little while.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the first blog post since we had started the Street of Dreams - which - was amazing. Thousands of people came by, most quite surprised with what they saw. We followed the "big house" of the street, quite a transition from almost 6,000 SF and a $1.7 million price tag to the 1,200 SF $225,000 ish (installed w/ typical lot cost). We were quite pleased with their reaction. The modern design, the clarity of spaces and materials, the idea that houses can live beyond their walls with creatively designed outdoor "rooms" - most were delightfully suprised.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We liked the smiles. (And all those who thought it was the best house on "the Street.")</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Special and continued thanks goes to&nbsp;<b><a href="http://www.ubhip.com/">Hip Furniture</a></b> for their incredibly well received furnishings so elegantly designed by<b> <a href="http://www.unleashdesignstudio.com/">Unleash Design Studio</a>&nbsp;</b>that really showcased how the the house can live. When we designed the fortino, we were going for simple and cool lifestyle, and really got that!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To get in the house, you had to get up to it. And with the incredible landscape design by <b><a href="http://www.schultzandlong.com/">Schultz &amp; Long</a></b> that was so quickly and professionally installed by <a href="http://www.aspencreeklandscaping.com/">Aspen Creek Landscaping</a> and decks by <b><a href="http://www.gr8-dex.com/">"Bob-the-deck-Guy"</a></b> (our name for him). the house truly was an indoor/outdoor experience.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it's all still there for all to see - free - through the middle of October. Call for an appointment, or come by on the next few weekends!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/09/mini-street-of-ideabox-dreams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-1860119885538415447Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:21:00 +00002010-08-10T12:21:45.461-07:00It's Magic on the Street of Dreams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">You gotta see how cool dreams can be!</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>NW Natural Street of Dreams</b> is incredible. Houses and interiors that reflect today's active lifestyle. New green technologies that literally give back - from solar hot water systems to pervious pavers to finish materials - all stuff you can do at home! And incredible design talent from the homes themselves to spectacular interiors and amazing landscapes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">And a pretty cool modern prefab.... gotta see that!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now you can see "the Street" with a discounted ticket! Print the attached coupon... it's like the Street &amp; a latte!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TGGkUBIpz8I/AAAAAAAAAPE/iJzeS4tcavQ/s1600/SoD_%243off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TGGkUBIpz8I/AAAAAAAAAPE/iJzeS4tcavQ/s640/SoD_%243off.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/08/its-magic-on-street-of-dreams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-2701098200182973351Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:02:00 +00002010-07-29T15:02:08.053-07:00ideabox on the street<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Getting Better Every Day!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TFH4Gcp5CsI/AAAAAAAAAO0/4GP4Q8Kkxmw/s1600/IMG_1255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TFH4Gcp5CsI/AAAAAAAAAO0/4GP4Q8Kkxmw/s400/IMG_1255.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The landscaping has arrived and the crafting of the exterior design begins. Thanks to the hard work by Arbor Homes with the county, decks are finally underway today by Bob the Deck Guy (our name for him). The deck designs by Schultz &amp; Long continue the modern theme begun at the street as seen in the picture above. It will be a magical display!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TFH4RkkLs0I/AAAAAAAAAO8/RniQP_ygjFQ/s1600/IMG_1262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TFH4RkkLs0I/AAAAAAAAAO8/RniQP_ygjFQ/s400/IMG_1262.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">It's like a giant puzzle, the biggest piece being the ideabox fortino and corresponding pieces going around and within the house itself. It's such a talented design team assembled for the Street of Dreams, the result will change the way you think about residential living.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The installation by Aspen Creek Landscaping is incredible. Baca Metal Works is back with metal planters and his rain catchment system.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">More coming tomorrow. The interiors are coming together just as exciting as the exteriors!</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The 2010 NW Natural Street of Dreams begins Saturday, (and runs though August!)&nbsp;</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Come See Us!</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/07/ideabox-on-street_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-5137438251703617537Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:17:00 +00002010-07-28T10:17:52.558-07:00ideabox on the street<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Getting to Amazing</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TFBc4tv3BCI/AAAAAAAAAOs/aTuxYdelNh8/s1600/IMG_1249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><b><img border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TFBc4tv3BCI/AAAAAAAAAOs/aTuxYdelNh8/s400/IMG_1249.jpg" width="400" /></b></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With each day the transformation continues. The landscape design by Rich Schultz being installed by Aspen Creek continues with incredible support from Arbor Homes, who's support has been above and beyond the call... it's a modern home living environment growing in front of our eyes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is "movement day" as the outdoor environment continues and furnishings begin to arrive for the indoor environment. As we were preparing the inside of the house for today's deliveries, the sun was setting off to the west and the territorial views beyond started to twinkle. The evening's cool breeze was wafting through, it was easy to get excited by just how cool the finished house will be.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NW Natural Street of Dreams opens on Saturday. We'll be ready! Come see us!</span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/07/ideabox-on-street_28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-4812551134034572411Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:57:00 +00002010-07-26T10:57:53.103-07:00ideabox on the street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Design is a Series of Details</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TE22RNloRaI/AAAAAAAAAOk/VLJKqMBaKcs/s1600/IMG_1239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TE22RNloRaI/AAAAAAAAAOk/VLJKqMBaKcs/s400/IMG_1239.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It often begins with a napkin. Or any available medium to sketch out an idea, a thought, a concept. What happens between those initial thoughts and sketches and a completed work is the mystery of the details. The ideabox display at the 2010 NW Natural Street of Dreams is very much an exercise of thousands of details, from the house itself extending through the landscape.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In our very compressed timeline, the magical transformation of an empty site a week ago to show piece is underway. Hundreds of details coming together at an incredible rate, the creative process in action. We're looking forward to showing you the amazing result.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my way up to "the Street." More pictures to come - stay tuned!</span></div>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/07/ideabox-on-street_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929126869870827073.post-4032039283571160695Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:36:00 +00002010-07-24T12:36:01.784-07:00ideabox on the street<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Summer at the "box"</span></span><span></span></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TEsjqE7zZfI/AAAAAAAAAOc/IXR0lCWEWl0/s1600/DSC_0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GPvC_F_GB8Y/TEsjqE7zZfI/AAAAAAAAAOc/IXR0lCWEWl0/s400/DSC_0007.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an amazing day, exactly what the concept "summer" is all about. Blue cloudless skies, perfect temperature, a light breeze, lots of green vegetation (a result of the never ending rain we had earlier), and wonderful shade only big trees can offer.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's kind of the calm before the storm. A week from today the 2010 NW Natural Street of Dreams begins in Portland. It's kind of a big deal for ideabox, being the first prefab ever to be invited on "the Street." So it's a bit of tranquility before the craziness of a show with the magnitude of the Street of Dreams.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just wanted to share, so I took the picture this morning. A practically perfect day!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A ton of work is going now at the Street of Dreams site. Rick Schultz and Teresa Long (Schultz &amp; Long) have designed another terrific outdoor environment. Decks are under construction, trees and plants are being delivered and placed, it's landscape madness! Aspen Creek is doing a lot of the installation. Daniel Baca will once again be working his wonder with metal. It will be amazing!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monrovia is providing the plant material for "ideabox on the Street" which we are very excited about.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're delighted to be working with Unleash Design Studio inside the house. Hip,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a local company with a terrific showroom on NW 24th in Portland, is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;providing furnishings. Design Within Reach is back with lighting &amp; outdoor furniture.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll have more on "ideabox on the Street" as next Saturday approaches.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, it's another busy and delightfully sunny day at ideabox.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span>http://ideaboxprefab.blogspot.com/2010/07/ideabox-on-street_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ideabox modern dwellings)0